Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35309, Henry Flint, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Flint, Henry
NUMBER
S. 35309
CONTENTS

8322/4
Massachusetts
Henry Flint
of Carlisle in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon - of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Enscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of March 1819 and sent to Sam l Dana Esq r Esq r Lodge Boston Middlesex Co. Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. 10. 29 / 30  1819 / 1818 $ 88. 76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1819. $ 48
$ 136.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Stephen Frank Mar 2 1820 Sam l Dana Esq r

155
Henry Flint
8322
Carlisle 26 March '79
The Clerk must certify the value of the property exhibited in the Schedule
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June ————— A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Henry Flint ————— resident in Carlisle in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 8372 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Henry Flint ————— late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the second ————— day of April ————— one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ————— “Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of March ————— one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ————— L. S. L. S.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
4 Real Estate - none. Personal Estate viz.    1 old desk 4.00 2.50 time piece 5.00 Old pewter 1.75 shovel & tongs 2.00 and irons 1.00 crane trammels &c. 2.00  2 tables 1.50 cupboard .50 10 chairs } $13.50  6.75    Warming Pan .75 frying pan .25 crockery & tin } 3.53 2.50 bellows .13      Fall table .50 book case .50 books 3.00 basket .30 mea } 4.80 sures .50      2 pails .30 looking glass 1.00 iron ware 2.50 gridiron } 4.30 and toaster .50      Scupper 1.00 2 cider barrels .50 old casks 1.50 salt } 3.80 box .40 2 slates .40      1 chest 1.00 case drawers 1.50 knife .6 wheels .30 2 } 5.11 wheels 2.25    

  boards .20  box .30  knives and forks .40  brass kettle 2.00  2.90    2 iron bars 2.00  2 hoes .95  wheel barrow 1.00  }  4.70    shovel .75      Pitch fork .40  rake .25  curry fork .75  }  1.90    garden hoes and rakes .50      1 hoe .75  curry comb .20  ladder .90  2 scythe riggings 2.50  3.75    1 cow 25.00  calf 3.00  2 sickles .20  beetle & wedges .75  28.95    1 bell .40  wood house 25.00  boards & brick 1.00  1 swine 4.00  30.40    Mechanical tools 50.00  old lumber 3.00    53.00     $167.49  
And the said Henry Flint justly owes to the following persons the several set to their names viz
  To William Wilkins  32.00    32.00    To Dr. Benjamin Kitteridge  15.00  Samuel Parlin  28.00  43.00    To Aaron Fletcher  8.00  Cyrus Nutting  8.00  18.00    Robbins  2.00      To Thomas Green  10.00  Mr. Woodward  1.75  11.75    To Daniel Prattuck & Co.  5.00  Reuben Brown  2.20  7.20    To estate of Henry Hunt  1.50  Jonah B. Stratton  10.00  11.50    To Ezekiel Nickles  2.00  Joseph Parker  5.00  7.00    To Nathan Green  15.00  Josiah Boynton  6.00  21.00    To Josiah Davis  85.16    85.16     $236.81    Henry Flint.
And the said Henry Flint having been first duly sworn according to law does on his oaths declare that he served as a private in the Revolutionary war from April 1775 one year & eight months in Col. Nixon's Regiment Massachusetts line was at the battles at Concord and Bunker hill and in other corps as stated in my original declaration on file in the war office dated April 2. 1818 - that he is sixty eight years of age an Armourer by occupation but not able to perform common labour by infirmity of age - that his family consists of his wife Bulah aged 58 years

his son Warren aged 17 years in good health and his son Joseph L. aged 12 years also in health Henry Flint.
Sworn & declared to before me S. Dana Judge
and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, Henry Flint do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my prop- erty, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Henry Flint
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June - Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Henry Flint took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana, Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred fifty seven dollars and forty nine cents  which is  subject to the debts thereon stated
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820.
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

Henry Flint -
Not on Massachusetts Roll
Inadmissible

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the Second - - - day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen - - - Personally appeared Henry Flint - - - and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed.
from which it appears to me, that the said Henry Flint - - - did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months. upon the Continental establishment - - -
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the Second - - - day of April - - - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen - - -
Sam d Dana

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BE it remembered, that on this Second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes Henry Flint of Carlisle in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares, that
he served in the war of the Revolution against the Common Enemy, for the space of two years, and four months, that he enlisted into the Company of Capt. Alasha Brown, at Concord and served eight months, that while he lay at Cambridge in Massachusetts, (as he believes) in December in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Seven hundred, and Seventy six, he enlisted upon the Continental establishment, under Capt. Adam Wheeler, for the term of one year to commence on the first day of January then next, that he was placed in said Wheeler's Company, for Col. John Nason's Regiment on the Massachusetts line, that he proceeded with Col. Nason's Regiment by the way of New London, to New York, soon after he arrived there there was a Regiment of Artificers, raised, and being an Artisan there was drafted, as an Artillerist, placed in Capt. Reuben Pails Company, in Col. Brown's Regiment, in this Regiment, he remained, till after the retreat from New York City, when he was ordered to the Hospital, where he remained under the orders of Doctor Albertus Vandewater until his time expired, his first Regiment then lay in New Jersey was commanded by Col. Thomas Nason, Doctor Vandewater at the forepart of January A.D. 1777, informed him that his time was out, and he might depart, which he did, and returned, to his residence then in Concord, —
He is now nearly Sixty six years of age, has no Estate, and relies wholly upon his labor, for support, but as his labor already has, and will continue to decline — — — — —
_____ he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life. Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to, at Groton in said county of Middlesex . Henry Flint  Sam. Dana

Rev. War Section.
February 18, 1914.
Mr. Ira G. Whittier, 335 Westminster St., Providence, R. I .
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the thirteenth instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim Bur. File 35309 Rev. War , it appears that Henry Flint was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, at which time he was "nearly sixty-six years of age" and a resident of Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
He enlisted at Concord, Massachusetts, in April, 1775, in Captain Abishai Brown's company, Colonel John Nixon's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battles of Concord and Bunker Hill, and served eight months; he then enlisted for one year in Captain Adam Wheeler's company, in the regiment commanded first by Colonel John Nixon and afterwards by Colonel Thomas Nixon, and proceeded to New York; soon after arrival in New York he was drafted as an Armorer in Captain Reuben Earle's company, Colonel Brewer's regiment of Artificers, and served until after the retreat from New York City, when he was ordered to hospital and remained there under Doctor Albertus Vanderwater until his time expired, and he returned home to Concord in the forepart of January 1777.
In 1820 he referred to his wife Bulah aged fifty-eight years

and sons, Warren aged seventeen years and Joseph L. aged twelve years. There is no further family data.
You are further advised that the records of this Bureau show that Elias Barron served in the Revolutionary War from May, 1775 to January, 1777, the first eight months of which was in Captain Abishai Brown's company, Colonel John Nixon's regiment, and the remainder of the time under Captain Adam Wheeler and Colonels John and Thomas Nixon.
There are no further particulars of service.
He was allowed a pension of $33.33 per annum from March 17, 1786, which was increased to $96. per annum from April 24, 1816.
He resided at Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1818, and died March 9, 1822. There is no family data on file.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "G. M. Saltonstall".
Commissioner.

35 309 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35,309
Henry Flint Rev Rev Mass
Act: 18 th March 187
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 469
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct 26 '90 sent Rund a a Flint No Billerica, Mass Str 3
Nov 14 '96 Statement in Oa Flint No Billerica 1914 Feb. 18. History to Ira G. Whittier. &

Certificate
Mr. H. Hunt
1818

Carlisle December. 2 d - 1818
We the undersigned Selectmen of said Carlisle, hereby certify that - Mr. Henry Flint of Carlisle aforesaid, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a Person, who on account of his pecuniary circumstances is entitled to the Pension , lately granted by Congress - To Revolutionary Soldiers -
Jonathan Heald Aaron Fletcher Paul Forbush

Henry Flint
Admitted
One year - 1776 Nixon's regt.

I Calvin Stevens of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, do Testify and say, That Mr Henry Flint now a citizen of the Town of Carlisle in the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Mass ts was a soldier in the army in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, (so called) from the first of May in the year 1775 to the first of January in the year 1777 - The first eight months of said term was in the company commanded by Abisha Brown - The Reg t commanded by John Nixon - The year service was in the company, commanded by Adam Wheeler. The Reg t commanded by said John Nixon, and by Thomas Nixon, after the promotion of Col n John Nixon to a Brigadier Gen l said Flint was most of said year 1776 Returned on command by being employed as a Machaine in the Armory business - Calvin Stevens
Commonwealth of Mass ts - Middlesex ss - Novem r 2 nd 1818 Personally appeared the above named Calvin Stevens and made oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed contained the truth and the whole truth relative to the cause for which it was taken - sworn to before me -
Jonathan Heald Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Nov r 2, 1818 - I hereby certify that the above named Calvin Stevens Esquire - is a man of good moral character in my opinion and that his testimony is good in any cause, or court - Jonathan Heald

I Samuel Dana, named in the annexed certificate to the application of our Henry Flint, do further certify, that from due enquiry made I find that said Flint is very poor & that he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support —
And I also certify that Jonathan Mead Esq. is a justice of the Peace, for the County of Middlesex, duly qualified and acting in that capacity — And further that I know Calvin Stuer Esq. & that he is a respectable Citizen and Magistrate in the State of New Hampshire entitled to full faith and credit in all cases, and before all tribunals —
Given under my hand the 30 th day of January December A.D. 1818 —
Sam l Dana

I Elias Barron of Carlisle in the County of Middlesex in the commonwealth of Mass ts of law full age, do testify and say, That Mr Henry Flint was a soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war (so called) from the first of May in the year 1775 to the first of January in the year 1777 - That said Flint served the first eight months of said term in the company commanded by Abisha Brown, in the Reg t commanded by John Nixon. The year service was performed in the company commanded by Adam Wheeler, in the Reg t commanded by said John Nixon and by Thomas Nixon Lieut Col o after the promotion the above said John Nixon to the office of Brigadier Gen l - said Flint was a part of said year 1776 on command as a Machanic in the Armory business, but belonged to said company & Reg t your deponent also further states that he was in the company and Regiment the whole term with the said Flint -
Elias Barron
Commonwealth of Mass ts Middlesex ss Novem r 2 nd 1818
Personally appeared the above named Elias Barron and made oath, that the above now deposition by him subscribed contained the truth and the whole truth. Relative to the cause for which it was taken - sworn to before me -
Jonathan Hale Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. Nov r 2 nd 1818 I hereby certify that, in my opinion, the above named Elias Barron is a man, whose testimony is good in any cause of court
Jonathan Hale

OW & V 35309 In No. Billerica, Mass. Oct. 29 1896
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C. Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 21 st inst. relating to the pension record of Henry Flint, of Carlisle, Mass. a soldier of the Revolutionary war - was duly rec'd. and it conveys to me valuable information, & I am sorry to trouble you further. But there is one more point on which I was anx- ious to be informed.
Can you tell me at what time he drew the

last payment of pension in distinction from what may have been paid to his widow after his death, My object is to ascertain, if possible, at what time the Henry Flint, in question, died . If your record shows this, and also shows for what time his widow drew the pension - will you please inform me - & greatly oblige -
Yours respectfully, O. A. Flint, North Billerica, Mass.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please inform me as to whether or not you have a record in your office showing that Henry Flint, of Concord Mass. & later of Carlisle Mass. ever drew a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary Army?
I wish to establish the fact that he did draw a pension &, if possible, to ascertain by his pension record at what time he died .

reply to these questions will greatly oblige his granddame,
Yours respectfully,
Omar A. Flint, North Billerica, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Oct. 9-1896.

  Whittier & Tanner Diamond and Jewelry Co.   Fine Jewelry DIAMONDS Fancy Gems   335 WESTMINSTER STREET 
Providence, R. I. Feb. 13-14.
To the Commissioners of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:— Please send me a copy of the Pension records of the following named persons, who served in the Revolutionary War.
Henry Flint of Concord, Mass. Private in Capt. Abisha Bunn's company. Col. John Nixon's reg't. served from June 10, 1775 to Sept. 30, 1775. Pensions commenced Apr. 2, 1818 aged 78 years, died, July 18, 1830.
Elias Barron of Concord, Mass. Dragon Private in Capt. Bunn's company, Col. Nixon's reg't. served from April 24, 1775 to Sept. 30, 1775. Pension commenced June 28, 1786, aged 66 years died March 9, 1822.
Yours very truly Ira G. Whittier.

The impression in this case was given by Mr Gordon on 12 March last

Washington 15 th Feby 1849
Sir
I have just received the permission of the Hon. J. G. Palfrey of the H. of Reps: To request an answer to his letter of enquiry - regarding the case of Mr Flint, who was a Soldier of the Revolution. Mr P. wrote his letter a few days ago, and enclosed with it, a Certificate from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass: I should be obliged to the Commissioner of Pensions, if he will at the earliest moment possible answer Mr Palfrey's letter.
Respectfully your obedient.
Louis Baker agent for Mr Flint.